# Resolved: Morality is BS

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-morality-is-bs/495820>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [May 9, 2009, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-morality-is-bs/495820 "2009-05-09T03:30:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rand\_Rover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/db5fbb/32.png) [@Rand\_Rover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rand_Rover)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-morality-is-bs/495820/20 "2009-05-09T04:47:28Z")

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> [@Lakai](#):
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> Well I did say somewhere in my post that I was talking about actions you can get away with. I figured that would amount to the same thing as an action being legal.
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> So pretend beating up senior citizens is legal. Would you do it? Would you feel bad about hurting another person? Wouldn’t that be enough incentive to stop you?

In the abstract, hurting another person is not enough incentive to stop me from doing something I want to do.

Here’s one example: I would have killed Hitler if I were alive when he was and had the opportunity.

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